The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in a 5-4 ruling blocked the Trump administration from ending a program that allows young undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S.
and obtain work permits. More than 600,000 immigrants have benefitted from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program since the Obama administration enacted it in 2012.
The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law notes this figure includes 39,000 LGBTQ “Dreamers.” The Trump administration in 2017 announced it